THE ROLE OF HEAVY MINERALS IN UNDERSTANDING THE PROVENANCE OF SANDSTONE: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS TANJERO FORMATION, SURDASH REGION, NORTHEASTERN IRAQ

The Role of Heavy Minerals in Understanding the Provenance of Sandstone: An Example from the Upper Cretaceous Tanjero Formation, Surdash Region, Northeastern Iraq

The Tanjero Formation is the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) crops out in northeastern Iraq at the High-Folded and Imbricate Zones.To study heavy minerals, twenty sandstone samples were obtained from selected sites of the Tanjero Formation exposed at the southwestern Mouthguard limb of the Surdash anticline in the northeast part of Sulai

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bHLH Transcription Factor NtMYC2a Regulates Carbohydrate Metabolism during the Pollen Development of Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L. cv. TN90)

Basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factor MYC2 regulates plant growth and development in many aspects through the jasmonic acid (JA) signaling THE DEMI LAVENDER pathway, while the role of MYC2 in plant carbohydrate metabolism has not been reported.Here, we generated NtMYC2a-overexpressing (NtMYC2a-OE) and RNA-interference-mediated knockdow

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Pressure of Societal Commitment Norm in Iran

Abstract Societal commitment involves sympathy and emotional attachment of actors to society and implies preference for public interest over self-interest.Secondary analysis of the Iranian Social Integration survey data shows that 64.6% of Iranians are socially committed and whenever faced with a dilemma of collective vs.self, they prefer public in

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